Rights Report Philippines
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News, commentary, and analysis on human rights in the Philippines.
ICC Hearings Offered Mindanao Folk a Crash Course on International Justice By @congcorrales
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ICC Hearings Offered Mindanao Folk a Crash Course on International Justice
Residents in the southern Philippines, the bailiwick of Rodrigo Duterte, got an unexpected civic education as Duterte's confirmation hearings exposed Filipinos to a brand of accountability they rarely...
https://rightsreport.org/icc-hearings-offered-mindanao-folk-a-crash-course-on-international-justice/
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Rights Report Philippines' Caloy Conde reflects on his coverage of the ICC hearings two weeks ago, and pays tribute to the people who were in and outside that room. in The Hague -- The Weight of the Room ā Rights Report Philippines
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The Weight of the Room
A TRIBUTE: What we do matters, in ways that sometimes take years to become visible, but matter nonetheless. By Carlos H. CondeRights Report Philippines THERE is a particular kind of...
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about 18 hours ago
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Why Human Rights Journalism? (A Manifesto) The short answer: Because impunity thrives in the dark. The long one is every story we have yet to tell.
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Why Human Rights Journalism? (A Manifesto)
The short answer: Because impunity thrives in the dark. The long one is every story we have yet to tell. Because someone has to keep score. In the Philippines, human...
https://rightsreport.org/why-human-rights-journalism-a-manifesto/
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Thanks, BusinessMirror, for running our story on Father Picx! The priest, Duterteās death squad, and the ICC | Aie Balagtas See
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The priest, Duterteās death squad, and the ICC | Aie Balagtas See
Days before Fr. Amado Picardal died of a heart attack on May 29, 2024, the 69-year-oldĀ human rights championĀ had a rosy outlook for justice in the Philippines. He hoped the quarrel between the familie...
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2026/03/08/the-priest-dutertes-death-squad-and-the-icc/
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Laughing Emojis Directed at Children Killed in āDrug Warā: The Babaylan as Antidote If laughter at childrenās deaths becomes normalized, then civil society must become louder in affirming their sacredness.
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GOT A PRESS RELEASE? A REPORT OR DOCUMENT READY FOR DISSEMINATION? AN ADVISORY? Send them to Rights Report Philippines and we will gladly publish them.
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2 days ago
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INTRODUCING: The website of Rights Report Philippines:
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We will post on the site stories and updates as soon as they're ready. The site will be the main platform of Rights Report Philippines.
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Rights Report Philippines ā Independent, nonprofit, fearless human rights journalism
Philippine labor group slams ride-hailing giantās 230% interest loans as predatory. It is legal but is it right?ā¦
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ICC Keeps Duterte Behind Bars, Rejects Health Argument
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ICC Keeps Duterte Behind Bars, Rejects Health Argument -- THE International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber has frustrated yet another attempt by Rodrigo Duterte's legal team to get the former...
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Grab Giveth and Grab Taketh Back -- with Astronomical Interest Philippine labor group slams ride-hailing giantās 230% interest loans as predatory. It is legal but is it right?
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Grab Giveth and Grab Taketh Back -- with Astronomical Interest
Philippine labor group slams ride-hailing giantās 230% interest loans as predatory. It is legal but is it right?
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/grab-giveth-and-grab-taketh-back
3 days ago
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UN Experts Urged to Call Out Anti-Terrorism Frameworks by UN, FATF that Enabled Targetting of Journalist, Activists These frameworks played a role in the surge in the number of terrorism financing cases filed by the Philippine government over the years.
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UN Experts Urged to Call Out Anti-Terrorism Frameworks by UN, FATF that Enabled Targetting of Journalist, Activists
These frameworks played a role in the surge in the number of terrorism financing cases filed by the Philippine government over the years. Many of thoses complaints are based on bogus evidence.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/un-experts-urged-to-call-out-anti
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Reporting Opportunities at Rights Report Philippines
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Reporting Opportunities at Rights Report Philippines
Rights Report Philippines needs freelance journalists to cover human rights 'sub-beats'
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WHAT TO DO WITH BONG SUNTAY? EDITORIAL: File cases against him. Make it cost something to speak about women this way from a seat of power.
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What to do with Bong Suntay?
EDITORIAL: File cases against him. Make it cost something to speak about women this way from a seat of power.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/what-to-do-with-bong-suntay
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WHY DUTERTE WILL BE TRIED AT THE ICC. AND WHY THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. NEWS ANALYSIS by
@carlosconde.bsky.social
: The arguments for why Duterte trial will happenāand why it shouldāare overwhelming. But so is the argument that it will not be enough to end impunity in the Philippines. šššššš
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Why Duterte Will Be Tried at the ICC. And Why Thatās Still Not Enough.
NEWS ANALYSIS: The arguments for why Duterte trial will happenāand why it shouldāare overwhelming. But so is the argument that a conviction alone will not be enough to end impunity in the Philippines.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/why-duterte-will-be-tried-at-the
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'I Killed for Duterte' āI thought we were doing something good,ā said Edgar Matobato, one of the hitmen of the Davao Death Squad. He soon realized, he said, that many of the justifications for the killings were lies.
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'I Killed for Duterte'
āI thought we were doing something good,ā said Edgar Matobato, one of the hitmen of the Davao Death Squad. He soon realized, he said, that many of the justifications for the killings were lies.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/i-killed-for-duterte
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In this video interview (in Cebuano) shot a decade ago, self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato recounts a grisly life of violence and carnage unleashed, he said, by Rodrigo Duterte.
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DUTERTEāS HITMAN: Edgar Matobatoās History of Violence
In this video interview (in Cebuano) shot a decade ago, self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato recounts a grisly life of violence and carnage unleashed, he said, by Rodrigo Duterte.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/dutertes-hitman-edgar-matobatos-history
11 days ago
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Carlos Conde
12 days ago
DEDUTERTEFICATION: Purging the Duterte Virus Read my latest oped for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, where I reflect on the unsettling pride of his supporters and why we must stand against it.
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Also here:
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DEDUTERTEFICATION: Purging the Duterte Virus
Read my latest oped for the Inquirer, where I reflect on the unsettling pride of his supporters and why we must stand against it.
https://carlosconde.substack.com/p/dedutertefication-purging-the-duterte
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International Community Needs to 'Walk the Talk' on Accountability for Rights Abuses in the Philippines
#drugwar
#duterte
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International Community Needs to 'Walk the Talk' on Accountability for Rights Abuses
The UN, the EU, the diplomatic community take pride in helping to improve the rights situation in the Philippines. But when it comes to accountability for "drug war" abuses, they've come up short.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/international-community-needs-to
13 days ago
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In Powerful Speech, Lawyer for Duterteās Victims Appeals to ICC to Stop Injustice in the Philippines Lawyer Joel Butuyan of CenterLaw warned the court of a āvirus of impunityā that has metastasized throughout Philippine society. Read:
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In Powerful Speech, Lawyer for Duterteās Victims Appeals to ICC to Stop Injustice in the Philippines
Joel Butuyan, a lawyer for the victims, described a systematic campaign of state-sponsored violence that allegedly resulted in as many as 30,000 deaths under the regime of former President Duterte.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/in-powerful-speech-lawyer-for-dutertes
14 days ago
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WATCH: If Marcos Is Serious About Human Rights and Accountability... There are many outstanding human rights issues in the Philippines whose solutions are outside of what the International Criminal Court can do. Marcos should address these seriously.
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WATCH: If Marcos Is Serious About Human Rights and Accountability...
Watch now | There are many outstanding human rights issues in the Philippines whose solutions are outside of what the International Criminal Court can do. The Marcos administration should address thes...
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/watch-if-marcos-is-serious-about
15 days ago
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'ICC Is Good but Marcos Needs to Do More' Former Bayan Muna congressman Neri Colmenares says going back to the ICC is among the steps President Marcos can take if he's serious about accountability.
#DutertePanagutin
#NeriColmenares
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WATCH: 'ICC Is Good but Marcos Needs to Do More'
Former Bayan Muna congressman Neri Colmenares says going back to the ICC is among the steps President Marcos can take if he's serious about accountability.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/watch-icc-is-good-but-marcos-needs
15 days ago
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WATCH: Filipinos in Europe Protest in Front of ICC on Eve of Duterte Hearings
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Weeks before he died in May 2024, Father Amado Picardal wished that the feud between the Marcoses and the Dutertes would lead to the political demise of the Dutertes. The Priest, Duterte's Death Squad, and the ICC
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The Priest, Duterte's Death Squad, and the ICC
Weeks before he died in May 2024, Father Amado Picardal wished that the feud between the Marcoses and the Dutertes would lead to the political demise of the Dutertes.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/the-priest-dutertes-death-squad-and
15 days ago
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@rightsreportPH founder and editor Carlos Conde is interviewed by DZMM's Christian Yosores and Victoria Tulad live from The Hague about the significance of the confirming of charges hearings on the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte, which begins on Monday.
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What does the prosecution of Rodrigo Duterte signify at a time when the ICC is under tremendous assault by tyrannical governments that include the United States under Trump? Duterte at the ICC and What It Means for International Justice and Human Rights
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Duterte at the ICC and What It Means for International Justice and Human Rights
WATCH NOW | What does the prosecution of Rodrigo Duterte signify at a time when the ICC is under assault by tyrannical regimes that include the US under Trump?
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/duterte-at-the-icc-and-what-it-means
17 days ago
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BREAKING: ICC Grants Duterte Request Not to Attend Hearings The decision allows the high-profile proceedings against the former Philippines president to move forward in his absence.
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BREAKING: ICC Grants Duterte Request Not to Attend Hearings
The decision allows the high-profile proceedings against the former Philippines president to move forward in his absence.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/breaking-icc-grants-duterte-request
17 days ago
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Duterte at the ICC; Bail Denied for Frenchie Mae Cumpio; Red-Tagging, Killings and Ongoing Impunity This Week on Human Rights in the Philippines šµš
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This Week on Human Rights in the Philippines šµš
A Rights Report Philippines human rights briefing covering the period Feb. 13-20, 2026.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/this-week-on-human-rights-in-the
18 days ago
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Duterte's 'Drug War' Created a Generation of Children Damaged by Violence
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Duterte's 'Drug War' Created a Generation of Children Damaged by Violence
The harm the ādrug warā did to children extends far beyond those who were killed. It produced a generation of orphans living in a state of profound psychological, economic, and social collapse.
https://www.rightsreportph.org/p/the-children-damaged-by-dutertes
18 days ago
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Hundreds Murdered by Hitmen Inspired by Duterte's 'Davao Death Squad' The ICC trial of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is the necessary antidote to this contagion of state-sanctioned murder in the Philippines.
#TagumDeathSquad
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How Duterteās Davao Death Squad 'Inspired' the Tagum Death Squad, Killing Hundreds
The ICC trial of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is the necessary antidote to this contagion of state-sanctioned murder.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-188221226
20 days ago
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Duterte's Co-Conspirators in ICC Raps Identified, Among Them Senators Bato dela Rosa and Bong Go, Ex-Justice Chief Aguirre
"Duterte and his co-perpetrators shared a common plan or agreement to āneutralizeā alleged criminals in the Philippines" through murder, the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber I said in the document.
https://rightsreportph.substack.com/p/dutertes-co-conspirators-in-icc-raps
24 days ago
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Facts Matter Philippines
over 1 year ago
Human Rights 'Better' Under Marcos but Violations, Impunity Continue Dec.10 is International
#HumanRightsDay2024
. To mark this day, this first episode of Harapan, a new show from
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, features three of the Philippines' most respected
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